that is why i think governor romney overperforms what some of these sceud polls seem to indicate. our economy has thought been rescued. megyn: the president's approval ratings on the economy have been going up. >> the bottom line is you do have a situation where governor romney still has a lot of time. reagan changed the entire trajectory of his race against jimmy carter because of the debates. >> he did. is romney like ronald reagan? >> i don't think people thought ronald reagan was the great mane was at that time either. megyn: we have seen mitt romney in 26 debates. >> i was covering the debate in which mitt romney manhandled newt gingrich in florida. he showed he was capable of doing it. he was totally capable of doing it. megyn: we talked about this earlier, chris. mitt romney did very well in that one debate against newt gingrich, then he fired that debate coach. >> debate coaches -- the -- what he has to do is attack president obama. don't worry when the punditry says it was too mean or shallow or short on specifics. they always say that. he's got to launch an attack on pre